How do I revert a modified file using CVS?

cvs revert
Ashot picture Ashot · Mar 29, 2013 · Viewed 37.7k times · Source

I have checked out a file from CVS repository and changed it.

cvs up command says that the file is modified M.

I need to delete my changes. What cvs command can do it for me?

Answer

Eric picture Eric · Apr 18, 2013

You use 

cvs update -C filename

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